After studying the fossils of woolly mammoths and comparing them to the bones of modern day elephants, Georges Cuvier proposed several new ideas about the history of life on earth.
Which general statement can be made about this process of Cuvier?
Through specific studies, new ideas can be developed
Scientists always discover new ideas when they study details about living things
Understanding the past is not important to studying the present
All scientific Ideas are made by comparing past and present organisms